Those who toss and turn at night, worrying about whether or not USC football coach Pete Carroll is making ends meet can fret no longer. According to recent reports, Carroll is the highest-paid private university employee in the country, raking in about $4

For Shaq and Kobe, Sunday's NBA All-Star Game should have been like a high school reunion. You can almost see the two awkwardly huddled around a punch bowl, hands in their pockets and making minimal eye contact...

Curses aren't real. Never have been, never will be.When Boston Red Sox fans celebrated their 2004 World Series victory, it marked the end of eighty-six years of torture. The "curse" was "broken," after all...

Pats fans push panic buttonIf Bernard Pollard's shot-heard-round-the-world to Tom Brady's left knee is going to lead to "Curse of the Giants front four!" talk throughout the New England area, then let's just shut up about it now and move on...

I can't believe it. I've never seen a shellacking like that in a clincher. I've never seen a more non-threatening Lakers team. I thoroughly enjoyed nearly every Celtic rising to the occasion and taking what is theirs...

Each week Sports Illustrated features its "Sign of the Apocalypse", which typically involves some type of outlandish happening in the realm of sports—a bizarre superstition or incredible feat, for instance...

When John Rocker made disparaging remarks about New Yorkers that included homophobic and blatantly racist language, he was wrong.When the former Atlanta Braves closer referred to then-teammate Randall Simon as a "fat monkey," he was dead wrong..

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Just when the public thought Spygate was put to rest, the media dug up the corpse and dished out thirty lashes. Coincidentally—or perhaps intentionally—the agonizing tale caught a second wind on the doorstep of Super Bowl XLII...

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Every so often, some loon tries to pawn off the 80s as a revolutionary decade.Wait, so the tie-dye shirts, constant Corey Feldman cameos, and Journey jingles were somehow cool?No. They were horribly lame...

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Each college basketball season brings a fresh batch of young talent.The 2007-2008 season is once again the Year of the Freshmen, with Derrick Rose, Eric Gordon, Kevin Love, and Michael Beasley headlining the bunch...

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True greatness hinges on an athlete's reaction to adversity. Standing toe-to-toe with a roadblock means going through, not around.2007 had its share of poignant moments. They all made us feel something—a jovial state, or a sense of disbelief...

The Detroit Tigers were already legitimate contenders—but the rich get richer.The recent acquisitions of Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins put the Tigers in "powerhouse" territory...

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Some thoughts in the wake of New England's runaway win... Anthony "Guaranteed" SmithPicture this: It's the year 2011. Al Michaels and John Madden (assuming he's still semi-coherent) are introducing the starting lineups for the Sunday night game...